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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. Litigators rarely receive formal training in project management, but this does not mean they do not do project management. An Accidental Project Manager. Communication is no longer siloed between individuals.

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Non-Testifying Consultant Subject to Discovery Where Testifying Expert Relied on Consultant’s Work

E-Discovery LLC

26(b)(4)(D) protects information related to experts employed only for trial preparation, except under exceptional circumstances as defined in the Rule. Singer relied on the consultants facts and data. Plaintiffs responded by asserting that Fed.R.Civ.P.

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Sedona Conference Commentary on Discovery of Collaboration Platforms – What is a Document?

E-Discovery LLC

The potential downside of unitization by time period or number of messages is that it can artificially break up continuing conversations into separate documents, requiring the parties to manually reassociate them for use in the litigation. emphasis added]. In each instance, one may reasonably ask what is the document? Rodriguez v.

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Court-Ordered Production of a “Destruction/Unavailable” Log

E-Discovery LLC

Instead, a litigant must produce only what is in its possession, custody, or control, absent a proportionality or other recognized objection. [3] 26(b)(5)(A) requires a description – commonly in the form of a privilege log – of materials withheld as (1) privileged or (2) as trial-preparation material. 3] Second , Fed.R.Civ.P.

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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Save your seat today!

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The Case for Scientific Research in Litigation

Jury Analyst

However, there are some who remain skeptical about the idea of applying empirical methods to litigation. Research and litigation are similar in the sense that the decisions being made are too important to risk omitting empirical methods from our approach. The benefits of applying empirical research to litigation are numerous.

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Just-Launched Quench Uses Gen AI to Bring Greater Speed and Accuracy to Medico-Legal Records Review

Law Sites

A cardiologist with a background in medical technology, computer science and artificial intelligence has launched a product for legal professionals and physician expert witnesses that targets the tedious task of reviewing and analyzing thousands of pages of medical records.

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